This paper discusses visual information representation from the perspective of human comprehension. The distortion viewing paradigm is an appropriate focus for this discussion as its motivation has… (More)

As the use of 3D information presentation becomes more prevalent the need for effective viewing tools grows accordingly. Much work has been done in developing tools for 2D spaces which allow for… (More)

A fundamental issue in user interface design is the effective use of available screen space, commonly referred to as the screen real estate problem. This paper presents a new distortion-based viewing… (More)

The iridescent colors observed on objects such as optical disks are caused by light diffraction from their surface microstructure. We show that when an optical disk is illuminated by a light source… (More)

Frequently large knowledge bases are represented by graphs. Many visualization tools allow users or other applications to interact with and adjust the layouts of these graphs. One layout adjustment… (More)